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Saturday 15th August With a forecast of rain all day on Sunday Vicki and I decided to head home this afternoon to avoid getting wet tomorrow. The weather turned good again and once out I was soon unzipping the sides of the cockpit encloser as the day warmed up. A lazy brunch in the cockpitContinue reading “Last day of holiday”

Friday 14th August Waking up Friday to a dull day which turned to rain in the afternoon wasnt so good but aboard Elektra with her new cockpit encloser fitted wasnt that bad at all! It gave me some time to read back issures of Yachting Monthly (May and June), I get YM every month byContinue reading “Another rest day”

Thursday 13th August With a few running around jobs to do before getting back aboard, we were out on Elektra again by lunch time with more stores. We lunched before leaving the mooring, the forecast was varible 1-3 which could mean nil! Heading out from Gillan atfter dropping the mooring at 1510hrs we were soonContinue reading “Back aboard”

Tuesday 11th August After another day of R&R at anchor in Gillan I had to get home for work on Wednesday which meant leaving Elektra on her mooring by 1400hrs. Home for showers, I was soon out the door and off to work to save time tomorrow. Wednesday 12th August Work, the joys of beingContinue reading “I had to work on Wednesday!”

Monday 10th August It was time to head back, the forecast was for NNW force 4 today but dropping very little wind on Tuesday. The tide wasnt with us until 1330hrs so there was no hurry to get going so after a lazy brunch we lifted our anchor at 1310hrs and motored out of theContinue reading “Time to head back”

Vicki and I love sailing but rest aboard is every much part of our yachting as the sailing its self, its the only time we take away from work to sit in the sun. The weather was great and while Vicki sat in the sun I rowed the punt ashore and walked along the coastalContinue reading “Sunday, first rest day”

I had been extra busy at work though the winter and when the lockdown had started for Covid 19 in the UK on the 23rd March I was just coming into my normally busy time at work. As my job cant wait I got on to my MP and was told I could continue toContinue reading “First holiday since Christmas”

Saturday was a better day and the dinghy went into the water to take some photos, as Nigel Stokes was also anchored near by in his Sadler 26 “September Sky”, I rowed over to say hello. Nigel base has been Exmouth but he was moving her via Lands End to her new base in theContinue reading “The Precuil River”

Friday 31st July Getting out aboard by lunch time the forecast wasnt looking very good but sutch are the British summers! We dropped the mooring at 1430hrs and sailed off into the gloom with only Elektra’s genoa set with a southwest force 4 pushing us along at 4-4.5kts. The fog was think at first butContinue reading “Another weekend aboard”

Back at the end of the 2018 season we decided to get some quotes for a cockpit encloser, to say the quotes varried would not be telling the whole story, the cheapest was less than half the cost of the dearest. In fact the deposit for the dearest was more than the total cost ofContinue reading “New Cockpit Encloser”